Reconstruction of the Veneris Pentacle

Our friend Andy has done IMO a very good job ! With his conscent
I repost his work here; about the corruption of most GKoS Pentacles.

The main source of Pentacles in Western Tradition - books, known
collectively as a "Key of Solomon".

The modern reader who is familiar with Western magic, texts
"Clavicules" known mostly from the works of Papus and
McGregor Mathers. The latter belongs to, it seems, the first
compilatory edition of "Greater Key of Solomon", for which
he used several manuscripts. Mathers also to be commended not only
for the publication of books, but also for trying to understand the
many distortions in the inscriptions, formulas and images of
Pentacles.

But there are those, of which he wrote that does not know and does
not understand what is depicted there. And as you know, that's
incomprehensible is usually the most interesting and effective.

One of these relates to the pentacles of Venus (Figure 43 in this
volume), and the description is able to arouse love in any
particular: "When it is only showed unto any person soever, it
inciteth and exciteth wonderfully unto Love."

Mathers’ comments: “Around the central Square are
the Names Elohim, El Gebil, and two other Names which I cannot
decipher, and have, therefore, given them as they stand. The
characters are those of the "Passing of the River." The
surrounding Versicle is from Psalm xxii. 14:– "My heart is
like wax, it is melted in the midst of my bowels."”

So great Mathers could not decipher these names, but
we will make an attempt to reconstruct the talisman, because, in our
disposal there is a greater number of available manuscripts and
images.

Translation: Thus my heart was grieved,
and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant:

'I was
as a beast before thee'. (Ps.73, 21-22 of KJB).

This is clearly more suitable quote for words that
define love with those feelings, which are supposed to be transferred
to the object of love, as opposed to text Ps.21.15.

Incidentally, with regard to the text of the words of
power, according to the traditions of the Middle and Dark Ages
quotations from the Vulgate (Latin Codex of Bible) are more
preferable, because it is the sacred language used in the worship of
the Western Church, whose priests were fathers of grimoires their
selves.2. Symbol in the
center:

The central character – is a seal of Venus, which
is composed with a kamea of Venus in manner not usually described
from contemporary authors.

Seal is drawn by vertical and horizontal lines
between the five points (the principle of the pentagram, and
the secondary number of Planet relates to the human world, microcosm
of cause).

The sum of these five numbers should result into a
secondary number of Planet.

In our example we have:

The Sum that gives the sigil of this form is equal to
13, ie Venus secondary number corresponding to the words of Ahaba -
Love.

This number is typical for one of the spelling of a
name in Hebrew Venus (Nogah).

13 = 58 = 5 + 3 + 50 = נגה

Two other names too distorted, so in this version of
talisman they can not be read.

3. Words around the
Seal and the formula of the pentacle:

Names that are arranged around the Seal in this kind
of Pentacles formed based on certain rules, which are based on the
numerical equivalent of the name (the number of the name).

Firstly, the number of the Name should not be greater
than the number of Seal.

Secondly, the number of Names must form an equivalent
or a spiral structure.

Equivalent structure implies that the number of each
word to one or less coincides with the number of Seal.

Example:

Spiral structure implies that the numbers go
counterclockwise from the smallest to largest, leading to the center
of the whole structure - the number of Seal.

Example:

Inscriptions around our pentacle written with
alphabet, which Agrippa called Transitus Fluvii (passing the river).

Handwritten variant of this alphabet are quite
diverse. Therefore, for comparison (from the manuscript Magia
Criptographica):

Thus, the two Names around the
square, which Mathers was able to read, in Hebrew: אלהיםאלגביל

Reconstruction # 1

Anagram verse of Deuteronomy (Devarim)
33.4: "Mosescommandedusalaw,
eventheinheritanceofthecongregationofJacob.." used by Kabbalists for the acquisition of
masculinity

Full anagram MlVT (תצלממקי)

The word at the bottom:

אליבה = 48 = 12

AnagramverseofPsalm 116.9: I will walk before the LORD in the land of the
living.

אתהלך לפני הי בארצות החיים =

1413 = 9

HBYLA

The word on the left:

אדני = 65 = 11

God's name, translated as "Lord"
(literally, Lords of mine). YnDA

This makes sense, especially if you remember that
earlier in the manuscript at this point it occurred.

The word on the right:

Word written with symbols "Passing the river",
but the penultimate letter is of the usual Hebrew - he. Usually, the
combination of alphabets alludes to deliberately wrong spelling,
coding. This is typical for the pentacles, which the author has
decided to distort, because they seems to have a real effect.

Familiar with tradition to understand. So we have something like: גודהל

The sum of the word - 48 = 12

I do not know the meaning of the word. Maybe it's the name with permutation of letters Gedulah (second designation Chesed): גדולה HLEDG

But by the logic of the talisman, we have two acronym and one Name of God. The forth has to be some divine name. If it is encrypted, the only thing that comes to mind is the name Gadiel. Vav and Heh (the letter, which is written in Hebrew and indicates a simple point of distortion) have amount of 15, and if replace them with a pair of Yod-Aleph, we get the same number 15. Name of an angel

גדיאל LAYDG

However, Gadiel - a great angel, who does not have a
planetary correspondence. In Heptaméron of Peter d’Abano the Great
Angel of Friday is Dagiel. Only one transition of letters else: LAYGD

And numerical values fit perfectly into a spiral
shape of Pentacle:

11

11

13

12

12

Reconstructed pentacle (with Gadiel’s name):

Reconstructed pentacle (with Dagiel’s name):

Here is (below) the image of Zecorbeni version, with clear Names.

Pentacle from Cod. Mag. Ms.

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